WITCHESS
WITCHESS (Womxn Implement The Creation of Harmonious Ecosystems of Selfless Species) is a new interdisciplinary project which combines literature, dance and music. It was born from the collaboration with guitarist Silvia Cignoli, singer Andrea Silvia Giordano and dancer Clotilde Cappelletti. Starting from some contemporary feminist works (by writers such as Angela Davis, Silvia Federici, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…), the quartet builds a performance with the aim of re-imagining a reality without patriarchy and predefined gender roles. Some of the themes tackled in WITCHESS’ compositions are witch-hunting, racial segregation, capitalism conceived as an obstacle to the survival of ethnic and gender minorities, the integration of lgbt+ communities,… Thanks to some artistic residencies supported by nusica.org, OperaEstate and WeStart Cpm, the group has been able to synergize different artistic forms (literature, movement, and electroacoustic and electronic sounds) into a harmonious output that brings the listener into a free creative space with no aesthetic boundaries.
Clotilde Cappelletti: dance performance
Andrea Silvia Giordano: voice, electronics, synths
Silvia Cignoli: electric guitar, electronics
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics, compositions
EMPOWERED DRUMS
The Empowered Drums is an augmented drum kit designed to expand the sonic and performative possibilities of contemporary drumming. By attaching transducers to the resonant heads of each drum, the instrument becomes both the generator and the amplifier of its own sound. This setup allows the acoustic vibrations of the drums to be fed back into the instrument, creating a hybrid system where resonance, amplification, and electronic processing merge into a single evolving sound source. Beyond amplification, the use of exciters enables the controlled creation of acoustic–electronic feedback, transforming the drum kit into an instrument capable of sustaining tones, drones, and complex textures. These sounds are further shaped in real time through Max/MSP and Super, allowing the performer to sculpt long-form sonic environments that challenge the traditional percussive identity of the drum set. Developed as part of Francesca Remigi’s PhD research project, The Empowered Drums also proposes a new conceptual framework for drumming practice. It positions the augmented drum kit as an emancipated instrument—one freed from the anthropological and gendered expectations historically tied to jazz drumming culture. Through this project, the solo drummer becomes an empowered performer whose identity evolves through experimentation, self-generated sound worlds, and an expanded relationship with the instrument. The work ultimately invites a rethinking of what a drum kit can be and how a drummer can inhabit their sonic and artistic agency.
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics
H3R
H3R – three musicians, three voices, one shared energy. The jazz trio was formed as part of BeJazz TransNational 2026/27: Charlotte Lang, Ciara Moser, and Francesca Remigi combine their individual soundscapes to create a vibrant whole. Their music moves between groove and freedom, between structure and spontaneity. Avant-garde sparks give rise to melodies that sound both familiar and new. Numerous musical encounters as a duo have given rise to a triad of trust – a space in which every movement finds resonance. The compositions of the three band members tell about wowmen and moments, stories that sound and echo.
Charlotte Lang: baritone saxophone, compositions
Ciara Moser: electric bass, electronics, compositions
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics, compositions
Mösch/REMIGI DUO
Improvisation and free forms of sonic exploration characterize the work of these two musicians. Their performance combine electronic and acoustic elements, creating a flexible and non-structured sound environment. The instrumentation includes clarinet, drums, various unconventional toys, tape recorders and electronic preparations. Together, these elements form the basis for a continuous process of experimentation and improvisation, where sound is explored without predefined constraints. After participating in the Pro Helvetia-sponsored “New Echo System” residency at Palazzo Trevisan in Venice, the band performs at Montreux Jazz Festival 2025 and releases its first album in January 2026.
Fabian Mösch: clarinet, flutes, tape recorder, electronics
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics
KORALE
KORALE is a project group formed by two Korean artists and two Italian artists. This project was born through the collaboration of Italy’s Grey Cat Festival, Toscana Produzione Musica, and Korea’s Jarasum Jazz Festival.
Their work represent the creative drive and energy that characterize the identity of contemporary Italian and Korean jazz/creative music scenes, which follows paths of renewal and cherish the musical traditions of those places. KORALE have performed at internationally renowned festivals and venues such as Jarasum Jazz Festival 2024 (Korea), Club Evans (Seoul), Torino Jazz Festival 2025, PARC Firenze 2025, Grey Cat Jazz Festival 2024…
DoYeon Kim: gayageum, voice
Youngwoo Lee: piano, synth
Michelangelo Scandroglio: upright bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
GOGODUCKS
GOGODUCKS is an experimental jazz trio composed by drummer Francesca Remigi, guitar player Luca Zennaro and vibraphone player Paolo Peruzzi. Together they present a contemporary and innovative repertoire of original music which looks for liquid and free approaches to music research. In an artistic journey that began in 2021, GOGODUCKS pursues the search for total artistic honesty through the mingling of three different identities but with equal dose of leadership. The musical result takes the form of a mixture of different aesthetic outcomes, but it also strives to broaden the sonic palette of what a seemingly limited bass-less trio can achieve.
GOGODUCKS have performed at internationally renowned festivals such as Umbria Jazz 2022, the Ponte in Jazz 2022 festival, the Bari Jazz Festival 2023, Vicenza Jazz 2025, Fano Jazz Network 2025, Firenze Jazz Festival 2025, Novara Jazz 2025, and in other venues such as the Villa Lazzarino, Caffè Borsa, UnTubo, Torrione, BIKO Milano… Thanks to SIAE Per Chi Crea grant, the band releases its first album Palladio a Palla! on September 6, 2024, in collaboration with audiovisual artist Sergio Zacco.
Luca Zennaro: guitar, electronics, composition
Paolo Peruzzi: vibraphone, composition
Francesca Remigi: drums, composition
ASSEMBLAGGI
ASSEMBLAGGI refers to the practice of assemblage in which a three-dimensional artifact is produced by putting together objects of various origins; in this case the proposed compositions collect musical materials of all four musicians, solicited by contemporary social issues felt as mandatory. The title of the concert is homonymous to that of the upcoming album born from BIT, the fourth artistic residence BACÁN and held in 2024 between Vicenza and Bassano.
Noemi Fiorucci: voice, electronics
Michele Zanasi: electric guitar, electronics
Giulio Stermieri: organ fanfisa, sampler, synths
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics
EMPOWERED KIND
Creative music and free forms of exploration are the terms which better describe the body of work of these two musicians. Their music is a shapeless and fresh discovery, made of the electronic and acoustic sounds of 11 stringed instruments, 8 drums, 19 cymbals and multiple unconventional toys. This eclectic and experimental duo released their first album in fall 2022.
Killick Hinds: stringed instruments, guitars, electronics (US)
Francesca Remigi: drums, electronics (IT)
ARCHIPÉLAGOS
Archipélagos is a jazz progressive band born in Bruxelles in May 2019, led by the drummer Francesca Remigi, finalist at the Maastricht jazz Awards 2020. Her music is inspired by some socio-political concepts theorized by thinkers such as Noam Chomsky, Zygmunt Bauman, Roberto Saviano, Samuel Huntington and William McNeill, with the aim of expressing some of the key notions of their thinking through music, such as the liquidity of social relationships, the decadence of the concept of “society” as perceived nowadays, the decay of the capitalist free market economy, the evolution of the armed forces’ organization, the development of an almighty and unbridled individualism…
Compositional solutions and refined sounds inspired by modern jazz, by contemporary classical music, by progressive-rock music, by Indian carnatic music, by electronic music and free jazz characterize the unique aesthetic of this international sextet, meeting point of different cultures and musical heritages.
The band performs in festivals and venues all over Europe, such as Rassegna Montagnola 2020, Jazz Maastricht 2020, Roskam Brussels 2020, Ambria Jazz Festival 2021, You Must Believe in Spring 2021 (Mantova, 4’33” association), Barga Jazz Festival 2021, Bergamo Jazz Festival 2021, Novara Jazz Festival 2022, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2022, Pisa Jazz Festival 2022, Festivalle 2022, JazzBer 2022 (SP), Getxo Jazz Festival 2022, Sile Jazz 2022,… Archipelagos’ first album gets published in December 2020, recorded at TubeStudio in July 2020 and produced by the Italian label “Emme Produzioni Musicali”.
Claire Parsons: vocals, effects
Federico Calcagno: bass clarinet
Niran Dasika: trumpet
Simon Groppe: piano
Ramon van Merkenstein: double bass
Francesca Remigi: drums, compositions
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